1970s

Darug people protest against selling off of land near Eastern Creek, Rooty Hill as it is an Aboriginal burial ground. The council ignores their protest and calls in the police to move Aboriginal people on.

Sooty (Kevin Walsh) is placed briefly in the Marella Home, Kellyville. Video,‘Marella, the forgotten institution’

Darug people protest against selling off of land near Eastern Creek, Rooty Hill as it is an Aboriginal burial ground. The council ignores their protest and calls in the police to move Aboriginal people on.

Sooty (Kevin Walsh) is placed briefly in the Marella Home, Kellyville. Video,‘Marella, the forgotten institution’

Peter Radoll’s family come to live in western Sydney.

Aboriginal Study Grants distribution still causes surprise in western Sydney. Video, ‘It wasn’t till my teens that it made a significant difference’.

Anti-Discrimination Act (NSW) includes Indigenous Australians and relates particularly to discrimination in employment and housing.

Jenny Ebsworth moves with her husband Manuel Ebsworth from Bourke Reserve to Redfern then to Mount Druitt in the new housing settlement. The family of 9 settles into their new community and flourishes. Video,

Birth of Matthew Morton, 1980. Birth of Michael Morton, sons of Gordon Morton, all descendants of Maria Lock .